Leicester City introduced new manager Claudio Ranieri, with the Italian announcing his goal for the season is to earn one more point then the team did last campaign.

When fighting relegation is the expectation for the new season, bringing in new management represents a serious gamble. Three clubs with such an outlook have taken on such a bet, at a moment of increasingly high stakes. New managers rarely arrive at clubs in positions of strength and winning the hearts and minds of owners, players and fans comes only from the delivery of decent results and good football.

Each of West Ham, Leicester and Newcastle are at considerable risk with their new appointments....

ESPN FC's Gab Marcotti gives his take on the appointment of Claudio Ranieri as the new manager of Leicester City.

To both borrow and warp a cliche: "Every Claudio has a silver lining."

The silver-haired Italian is certainly a positive appointment following Nigel Pearson's stormy and unexpected exit. Leicester's Thai owners had to act quickly in order to prevent their preseason being overshadowed with uncertainty, and they've found a manager with an impressive (albeit waning) CV.

Naturally, the fear is that Claudio Ranieri is simply "Sven 2.0," a gimmicky choice like Eriksson in 2010 who lacks the grit...

Nigel Pearson's exit as Leicester manager has caught most by surprise. The official reason, posted via a statement on the club's website, was "fundamental differences in perspective" between manager and board.

A BBC report has since claimed that Pearson's dismissal was linked to his son's role in a sexually-explicit video, during which racist language was used, which led to James Pearson and two other players being sacked.

Pearson's time in charge had looked to be up during Leicester's 13-game winless...